Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Application Security

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Security teams protect the trust and safety of our global community by securing the systems and data that power Snapchat. We safeguard hundreds of millions of Snapchatters every day, ensuring that every product and service is built on a foundation of security and resilience. Our values guide everything we do - from how we anticipate and mitigate threats to how we collaborate across Snap. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

​We’re looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Application Security team here at Snap!

What you’ll do:

• Define and drive a multi-year application security strategy aligned to Snap’s product roadmap and company priorities

• Identify systemic product security risks and assume direct ownership of high-impact initiatives that reduce risk at scale across Snap’s application ecosystem

• Establish scalable practices for secure design reviews, threat modeling, code review, and security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, fuzzing, etc.)

• Lead application security architecture reviews for high-risk or high-impact product initiatives

• Drive automation-first approaches that increase security coverage while minimizing friction for engineering teams

• Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Privacy, and Detection & Response teams to ensure end-to-end security coverage

• Define and track meaningful security metrics and KPIs that measure risk reduction and program effectiveness

• Influence senior engineering leadership and executives on security strategy, risk tradeoffs, and investment decisions

• Participate in and support security incident response efforts related to application-layer vulnerabilities

• Align team direction with organizational goals and contribute to quarterly and annual planning

• Recruit and develop high-caliber security engineers and managers; build an inclusive, high-performing team culture

• Coach and grow managers and senior ICs, strengthening technical depth and leadership bench strength across the org

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Deep expertise in application security, including secure architecture, common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10), and modern attack techniques

• Experience building and scaling secure SDLC programs across large engineering organizations

• Strong understanding of web, mobile, and backend application architectures

• Familiarity with security testing methodologies including SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, fuzzing, and manual code review

• Experience driving threat modeling and secure design practices at scale

• Working knowledge of cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, GCP, AWS) and modern CI/CD environments

• Strong development background (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar) with the ability to review code and guide secure engineering practices

• Experience partnering with product engineering teams in fast-paced, consumer-scale environments
  Strong executive communication skills and the ability to influence without authority

• Demonstrated ability to operate strategically while staying connected to technical details
   

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience

• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s security experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad security experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of security experience

• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing managers or providing technical and strategic leadership for engineering teams focused on advertising applications.

• Proven experience in managing, mentoring, and scaling diverse engineering teams to consistently deliver complex, high-impact projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading application security in a large consumer technology company

• Demonstrated success embedding security into high-velocity product organizations

• Experience defining and tracking risk-based security metrics
  Familiarity with privacy-by-design and secure data handling principles

• Experience operating in zero-trust or BeyondCorp-inspired environments
  Strong written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail

• Experience collaborating across engineering, legal, privacy, and executive stakeholders

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

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